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In the Wine Dark Sea | Documentary Trailer | Chrisa Giorgi

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Through a colorful mosaic of stories, this documentary film aims to demystify Crete as a winemaking region and offers a rare insider glimpse into the indigenous grape varieties, the people behind them and the challenges they are facing with the eminent climate change. Filmed, edited and directed entirely by Chrisa Giorgi, the project reveals the ancient grape varieties and the unique terroir of Crete. Wine-growers, Oenologists, Wine-makers, Sommeliers, University Professors, Chefs, wine critics and Masters of Wine, guide us in a journey through time, following the paths of Homer to discover “the island called Crete, in the midst o …...more
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In the Wine Dark Sea | Documentary Trailer | Chrisa Giorgi
Through a colorful mosaic of stories, this documentary film aims to demystify Crete as a winemaking region and offers a rare insider glimpse into the indigenous grape varieties, the people behind them and the challenges they are facing with the eminent climate change. Filmed, edited and directed entirely by Chrisa Giorgi, the project reveals the ancient grape varieties and the unique terroir of Crete. Wine-growers, Oenologists, Wine-makers, Sommeliers, University Professors, Chefs, wine critics and Masters of Wine, guide us in a journey through time, following the paths of Homer to discover “the island called Crete, in the midst of the wine dark sea” The viewer travels through the vineyards found in the valleys and the mountains of Crete and discovers the secrets of eleven indigenous grape varieties and tastes the life and winemaking philosophy of eleven passionate producers. Then the viewer travels to the USA to discover how to pair the wines with international cuisine and hear how wine experts perceive the wines of Crete as they taste them for the first time. The featured grape varieties are: Vidiano Liatiko Romeiko Mandilari Muscat of Spina Thrapsathiri Malvasia di Candia Kotsifali Vilana Dafni Plyto The wine producers who share their stories and passion for wine with us are: Apostolos Alexakis Zacharias Diamantakis Lefteris Digenakis Emmanouela & Niki Paterianaki Andreas & Antonis Dourakis Stelios Klados George Lyrarakis Maria Titaki Abbot Filotheos Spanoudakis Abbot Amvrosios Skarvelis Nikos Gavalas Alexandra Manousakis & Afshin Molavi Professor Emeritus Manolis Stavrakakis and Master of Wine-Konstantinos Lazarakis, give their honest, authentic and critical opinions about each region, grape variety, terroir, and wine. They will also explain what makes the terroirs so unique and how the interested wine drinker can make the best choice wine-wise. You can support the documentary here: https://gofund.me/1902db9c

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Wine Cellar Stories

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